Sinner's Alley Happy Hour (Part 1)

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<p>Actually I’m thinking of scurrying.</p>

<p>And “L’chaim!” to Mollie, marrying decidely NOT in Sinner’s Alley today.</p>

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Clearly, the woman has been spending too much time around marmots.</p>

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<p>I’m catching up on the thread, and I got as far as astrophysicsmom’s biglol:</p>

<p>Oohh. toe cleavage! We called them CFM’s (come … me) shoes.</p>

<p>Hahahahahaha! :smiley: Now, back to the thread.</p>

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<p>If I didn’t tell you folks about a conversation between my two sons years ago, I need to fix that situation now. (And if I already told you, indulge me: it’s a Mom Thing.) Flash back to 1997: two boys at breakfast, ages 10 and 7, discussing sentence structure. </p>

<p>Younger: So you can’t have a good sentence without some words in it, like you can’t say, “Dog ran.” But you can say, “The dog ran,” that makes a good sentence.</p>

<p>Older, shaking his head while chewing: *Not for Miss B<a href=“creative%20writing%20teacher”>/I</a> *it doesn’t. For her, you have to say, “The rottweiler scurried.”
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<p>Marmots or rottweilers? Only Alumother knows for sure.</p>

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<p>No matter how much liquid soap I use I can’t get that NYT men’s fashion slide show out of my vision. Especially the codpiece.</p>

<p>Regarding Cheers, the Boynce bounce and on line personalities: the truth is that Cheers is a 16 year old male from the 'hood in the real world. :slight_smile: </p>

<p>Alu, you need a little Right Said Fred “I’m Too Sexy” for the show. </p>

<p>“I’m a model you know what I mean
And I do my little turn on the catwalk
Yeah on the catwalk on the catwalk yeah
I shake my little touche on the catwalk”</p>

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Hmmm, jmson was, if you can believe it, discussing sentence structure with me via IM the other day. I was the “consulting expert” for some discussion he was having with god-knows-who. His issue: Is “It is” a sentence? (I thought so). Okay, then what about “It’s”… </p>

<p>Ahh, the metaphysical questions demanding to be answered.</p>

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<p>Lordy there, Cheers! So, I was laughing at this thread, and I called sluggdad in from the kitchen to see Alum’s runway ensemble and the pantless man model from the Times article. Like a meerkat on the trail of a delicious grub, he immediately went back to his frenetic preparation of toast. When he heard the sound track from the YouTube video, he came in to see what I was laughing at and was rendered momentarily stupefied. :p</p>

<p>Go for it, Alum! Do that stomp-swagger-jerk thing while singing, I’m Too Sexy For My Whites, the official anthem of supermodel moms. You may break a hip, but it’s for a good cause.</p>

<p>The following video is a good illustration of my catwalk skills and also the reason why I was never called upon by the PTA to participate a school fashion show…</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.vimeo.com/293560[/url]”>http://www.vimeo.com/293560&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I’m too sexy for this thread. ;)</p>

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<p>Hey, I know a couple of rotts who would just as soon bite my arms off than be accused of scurrying. Scotties scurry, dachshunds scamper, and yorkies skedaddle. Rotts don’t scurry.</p>

<p>And, I present to you, Mrs. Adina Cherkin, on the topic of short-legged vs. long-legged dogs:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.andreaharner.com/archives/2003/11/short_legged_vs_long_legged_dogs.html[/url]”>http://www.andreaharner.com/archives/2003/11/short_legged_vs_long_legged_dogs.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Funny kid story: So, my sister is in a hurry and she is trying to get ready to go w/her husband for a dinner date. Her five y/o older comes in as she’s trying to put on her bra and says “Mommy, when will I have long breasts like you?”</p>

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<p>Agony ^^^^</p>

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<p>Hi all!
Just poppin’ in for a quick tall and frosty. Stress level through the roof around here-- DS avoiding application stuff like the plague, adamently refusing my input (taking a daggar to the heart on that one), major internet connectivity problems here (BAD TIMING for this problem!) DH facing possible layoff-- AAAAGGGHHH. Keep me in your prayers, SA cronies. I am goin’ down!</p>

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<p>Dear jym626,
Sorry, will keep you in prayers. Hope dad and everyone is well.</p>

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<p>Thanks, LAmom. Not a fun time arond here right now :(</p>

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<p>Curse you, jmmom! :wink: The sluggs agree that, “It is,” “It will,” and “I am,” are all complete sentences. They have a noun and a verb, and they all express complete thoughts.</p>

<p>“It’s,” “It’ll,” and “I’m” are contractions and are not used in speech as complete sentences, even though technically, they each have a subject and a verb. “Will” is actually a helping verb (a modal auxiliary), but in the sentence, “It will,” the word “will” works as a verb enabling the expression of a complete thought.</p>

<p>So, why don’t we use, “It’s,” “It’ll,” and “I’m” as complete sentences?</p>

<p>Will this marmot oil make my hair less frizzy?" “It’ll!” </p>

<p>Well, here’s what we came up with in the slugghouse. Contractions reduce the verb and take away from the completeness of the thought. In order to be used as a sentence, there has to be the expression of a complete thought, so in general, we tend not to use contractions as sentences. There are strong exceptions, though. Good old imperatives…</p>

<p>You see your two-year old reaching into the wastebasket for a tampon…</p>

<p>“Don’t!!”</p>

<p>Mary Poppins asks the Banks children if they’d like to go to the park…</p>

<p>"Let’s!</p>

<p>My brain hurts. :)</p>

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<p>Remember in Angela’s Ashes: “'Tis” made not only a whole sentence but a whole CHAPTER.</p>

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<p>My theory is that contractions, because you are bother to slip two words together, imply that you are so doing because you are in a hurry to say the rest of what you want to say.</p>

<p>Contractions leave us waiting for more. (Leaving this line wide open for follow up…)</p>

<p>Angela’s Ashes. Gift of the gab and all that. I’m a sucker for the gift of the gab.</p>

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<p>Wha? Let me tell you, that was the tame version of the Beyonce Bounce on You Tube. Most of them require an "I’m 18 I promise’ sign-in.</p>

<p>I am not a 16 year old boy but I have been taking hip-hop dance classes for the last five years. I can do a little Beyonce Bounce. And a Timberlake foot drag. Not You Tube worthy but still fun. Plenty to bounce, he he. </p>

<p>If I can do it, so can our Glenn Close look alike. Go on! Shake that thing!</p>

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<p>Hoping things get better at the jym household. </p>

<p>I have a wee bit of nail biting to do tonight. Moominson, who’s living in an apartment in town now, turns 21 today and he’s “going out drinking” (direct quote) with two male friends who share the same birthday. We gave him the expected lecture/tips last night at dinner, and the guys plan to use bus transportation. But let’s put the marmots on safety patrol, shall we?</p>

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Funny you should mention that, sluggGrammarPerson. As DS’ follow-on question to the “It’s” issue was whether “Don’t” is a sentence. Like you, I vote Aye. It’s a command and complete in itself. “It is” is a sentence because a sentence needs a subject and predicate (how do you like them grammar words :D?) and that sentence has them: “the thing” (subject) “exists” (predicate) in the form of “It” (subject) “is” (predicate).</p>

<p>But “It’s” doesn’t function as a subject and predicate, rather as an introductory phrase, as in the French “Il y a”, and is waiting for the real “meat” of a sentence to follow.</p>

<p>So says me. </p>

<p>However, none of this is nearly so important as: to Beyonce Bounce or not to Beyonce Bounce; that is the question. </p>

<p>So we’ll move on, shall we?</p>